Wild Crete Travel presents…
Alice Williams Painting Adventure
April 21 to May 1, 2012
Alice Williams Painting Adventure
April 21 to May 1, 2012
Traditional Cuisine, Aromatic Herbs and the Culture of Crete
Tour Price
Tour price includes:
- Six nights double occupancy lodging.
- Transfers within Crete for all tour activities, as noted in the itinerary.
- All meals with the exception of one lunch and one dinner on your own.
- Patricia Kyritsi Howell and Robinette Kennedy as your exclusive guides throughout the tour.
- All tour activities described in the itinerary (subject to change).
Tour price does not include:
- Airfare to and from Crete.
- Items of a personal nature (laundry, alcoholic beverages, bottled water, medical supplies, optional excursions and other items not cited above).
- One lunch and one dinner. Alcoholic beverages, snacks or additional meals you may choose to have during the trip are at your own expense.
- Optional gratuities for archaeological guides, taxi drivers and hotel staff.
- Any costs resulting from transportation delays, and/or lost or delayed luggage while traveling to and from Crete.
- Transfer from your hotel in Hania to the airport on the morning of Monday, 20 June 2011 (approximately €25 per taxi.)
- Cost of any additional optional excursions not included in the itinerary.
The registration deadline is 15 April 2011. A deposit of €500 Euros is required to reserve your
place. In addition, you must submit a photo copy of the first page of
your valid passport along with the following forms, which we will
supply upon request: Tour Application; Medical Questionnaire; and
Release and Acceptance of Risks Agreement. To request registration forms, click here.
Final Payment: The final payment of XXX.00 is due before 20 May 2011. Receipt of your final payment guarantees your place on the tour.
NOTE: Please see the Fine Print for our Cancellation and Refunds Policy and other important information about this tour.
Airfare to and from Crete
The price of this tour does not include airfare. You are responsible for making your own travel arrangements to and from Crete. There are no direct flights to Crete from airports in the USA and some other countries. If you are traveling from one of these countries you will need to fly in and out of Athens, Greece, and use a Greek airline carrier for the 45-minute flight to and from Iraklion (Crete).
Round trip air fare for flights from Athens to Crete is approximately €200. We strongly recommend that you speak to us before booking your ticket, so that we may help you determine if your arrival and departure plans conform to our planned travel schedule.
All guests must arrive at the airport in Iraklion, Crete by 12:00 Noon on Sunday, 19 June 2011. Guests arriving after this time will be responsible for the cost of a taxi transfer from the airport to Kritsa (approximately €100 one way.) Guests should plan to depart from Iraklion, Crete on the morning of Saturday, 25 June 2011. Your hotel in Lassithiis approximately 35 minutes from the Iraklion airport.
Is this the trip for you?
If you are culturally flexible and enjoy delicious and possibly unfamiliar foods; meet fascinating and hospitable people; experience new customs; and visit amazing out of the way places, this is the tour for you. We welcome anyone who sincerely enjoys group travel with all its inherent benefits and challenges.
Most of our days will be spent out of doors. A major part of each day’s activities will involve walking or moderate hiking. Participation in this trip requires good physical fitness and the ability to walk at least one mile at a moderate pace, often on terrain that may be uneven or steep.
To ensure that you’ll be welcomed into worlds on Crete that few tourists even know exist, we ask all participants to be open minded, flexible and willing to follow our suggested guidelines for appropriate wardrobe choices and behavior. Because we want to introduce you to the Cretan way of life, you should be ready to live like a temporary resident of Crete. Electricity and water services on Crete are sometimes temporarily interrupted without notice. Your accommodations don't include room service, TV, telephones in the room, Internet access, or a 24-hour front desk. However, you will be treated as an honored guest by your fastidious and gracious hosts and stay in spotlessly clean, charming and very comfortable rooms.
We’ll enjoy most of our meals at small family tavernas and restaurants that don’t rely on menus. They simply cook several mouth-watering dishes from the freshest ingredients available that day in their own gardens or from local sources. With few exceptions, we will have met with the owners of these places to order meals (prepared specially for our group) that giveyou an thorough introduction to traditional Cretan cuisine. Meals throughout the tour are served family style. With advance notice, we can accommodate dietary restrictions. Vegetarians will find plenty of things they can eat at every meal.
This tour is not for you if your idea of a dream trip to Greece includes spending long, sunny days lying in the sun on a white sandy beach (you will have at least one opportunity to swim during the tour); meditating under a full moon inside an ancient “goddess” site (all archaeological sites are closed to visitors at night); or being swept off your feet by a handsome Greek ship captain (chances are very slim…) However, we will gladly help you make arrangements to pursue these fantasies before or after the tour.
Additional Travel in Greece?
We would be happy to help you arrange additional travel in Greece before or after the tour. Options include (but are not limited to) guided tours of Athens, travel to the island of Santorini, or a visit to other parts of Crete. Contact us for details.
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